Tom the Son is home from Spring Break in western Virginia. He said they did some outdoorsiness stuff, but they didn’t go horseback riding because it was too expensive or to Monticello, ditto.
He brought Kathleen a silver bracelet with a purple glass cabochon. Only $8, he said, but it’s very tasteful and she can wear it the rest of her life once she gets past breaking and losing everything.
Cool. Spring Break.
I vaguely recall those. I went to Palm Springs once.
It wasn’t so much the “Spring” part, but the “Break” that attracted me. I’d like to find another one sometime.
We’re smack in between Conservatorship hearings, property suit mediation, filing, bedroom reorganization, Last Semester of Senior Year for one of the tribal elder sons, a Sweet 16, a week of corporate travel, now TWO cars suffering mechanical failures of significant cost...
Egad!
At least it’s been raining steadily enough that maybe the Leftcabal will tone down the “Drought Forever” rhetoric a bit this summer, AND our creek has behaved itself quite admirably and stayed nicely between its banks during all of the various weather events.
Tom sounds very thoughtful and kind. A much better young man than I ever was.
It is a hard lesson; to not be afraid to be kind.
I’m glad Tom the son is back from Spring Break. I hope he had fun!
The bracelet sounds beautiful, and I’m sure Kathleen will treasure it, once she is old enough to take care of it.